Example sentences of "[adj] moments the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few moments the corpse was trapped on a half-sunken log , then an eddy loosed the dead man and carried him westwards . |
| 2 | As we 're gon na be commemorating and celebrating in a few moments the sacrifice to the very point of giving his own life . |
| 3 | They did n't say anything , and after a few moments the silence hardened and became awkward . |
| 4 | For those few moments the atmosphere had changed , was as comfortable as in the Ayling days . |
| 5 | After a few moments the professor himself appears from a doorway . |
| 6 | After considering this aspect of the case for some moments the Substitute remarked : ‘ You chose your man well . |
| 7 | I watched the Land-Rover grind its way up the track till a turn of the glen hid it from sight , and in a few more moments the sound of its engine had faded to silence . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I want to share with him from the earliest moments the joy , the vindication , the victory after all that we have gone through together . ’ |